In August 2026 Jeff Turner published the follow-up to his critically-acclaimed autobiography Cockney Reject. Cockney Reject II – I Love Being Me, written with Vive Le Rock journalist Guy Shankland and was published via Cadiz Music .
A new line up of Youth Defense League played a show in Spain on Saturday 30th May 2026.
On 22 April 2025, the band released “The Sound of Violence”, an outtake from the Tooled Up sessions, for streaming and download.
In 2025 they announced their final gigs would take place in December of that year.
In April 2019, some of the classic line up (Steve Whale, Steve Kent and Micky Fairbairn) joined by JJ Pearce on bass (the Last Resort) performed at the Punk and Disorderly festival in Berlin . Roi Pearce (The Last Resort), Sebi (Stomper 98) and Mike Brands (Arch Rivals) appeared as…
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In January 2024, Micky Geggus, Vince Riordan and Joe Sansome all left the band, and lead singer Jeff “Stinky” Turner brought in a new line up featuring Olga ( Toy Dolls ) on guitar, JJ Kaos (Last Resort, Anti-Nowhere League ) on bass, and Ray Dust (The Business, Argy Bargy)…
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In December 2023, it was announced Cock Sparrer would release their eighth studio album Hand on Heart in April 2024 on Cherry Red Records . The album was produced by James Bragg, who also produced their previous record Forever . In the run up to the album’s release, the band…
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The band became known late in the USA. The April 2018 issues of Maximumrocknroll began with a debate on the band’s merits in the punk scene. The single “Rapist” achieved belated fame in the US punk scene and was re-released in 2019 by Splattered! Records.
The band’s seventh album Forever was released in mid-2017.
After retiring from the music business, Chris Henderson became more involved with football hooliganism , and eventually led the Chelsea Headhunters in the mid-1980s, later writing the book Who Wants it? (with Colin Ward) about his experiences. After being cleared in court in the late 1980s of involvement in football…
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